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Legislative notebook: Hunting, fishing licenses could be sold in shutdown

Legislative notebook: Hunting, fishing licenses could be sold in shutdown

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news ST. PAUL -- Senators voted 41-24 to keep hunting and fishing license sales going if state government shuts down like last summer.
"I saw firsthand how people were hurt by not allowing them to buy a fishing license," Sen. Paul Gazelka, R-Brainerd, said Tuesday about why he brought the bill.
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2013-01-28 16:27:31

ST. PAUL -- Senators voted 41-24 to keep hunting and fishing license sales going if state government shuts down like last summer.

"I saw firsthand how people were hurt by not allowing them to buy a fishing license," Sen. Paul Gazelka, R-Brainerd, said Tuesday about why he brought the bill.

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The state lost $3 million in revenue during the 2011 shutdown, Gazelka said, but "the tourism industry lost far, far, far more than that."

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Don Davis has been the Forum Communications Minnesota Capitol Bureau chief since 2001, covering state government and politics for two dozen newspapers in the state. Don also blogs at Capital Chatter on Areavoices.